Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Using overpic in a subfigure enviroment

[steem84]

Hello,

In my thesis, I label the subfigures with the \subfigure command, in order to have nice captions with (a), (b) etc. I also know how to use the overpic command to write text over a figure.

I would like to use both commands to place text over a subfigure, however I do not know how to do that, since the figure itself is an input for both commands.

I tried the following

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\begin{figure}
\subfigure[first caption]{\includegraphics[width=0.98\textwidth]{Figures/figure1}}
    \begin{overpic
    \put(10,10){set}
    \end{overpic}
\subfigure[seconds caption]{\includegraphics[width=0.98\textwidth]{Figures/figure2}}
    \begin{overpic
    \put(20,20){specimen}
    \end{overpic}
\caption{caption}
\end{figure}

Obviously this does not work. Does anyone have an idea?

Thanks in advance

[localghost]

You are not using overpic correctly. Take a look at the manual(s) [1].

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage[font=footnotesize]{subfig}
\usepackage[demo,abs]{overpic}


\begin{document}
  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \subfloat[First caption\label{subfig-1:dummy}]{%
      \begin{overpic}[grid,width=0.45\textwidth]{Figures/figure1}
        \put(10,10){set}
      \end{overpic}
    }\hfill
    \subfloat[Second caption\label{subfig-2:dummy}]{%
      \begin{overpic}[grid,width=0.45\textwidth]{Figures/figure2}
        \put(20,20){specimen}
      \end{overpic}
    }
    \caption{Caption}\label{fig:dummy}
  \end{figure}
\end{document}

[1] View topic: Overlaying text on figure


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[steem84]

Hello Thorsten

Thanks for the quick reply. I changed some things and it's working for me now. I post the simplified code and the result here since I think it might help someone in the future.

However, I do have a question. For the \subfloat I have to use the subfig package, \usepackage{subfig}, and in the rest of the document I used the \subfigure command from the subfigure package, \usepackage{subfigure}. I found out that the combination of commands does not work well in the code written below. Does that mean that I just have to use the subfig package and change all \subfigures in the document to \subfloats ? Or is there a way to use both packages?

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage[percent]{overpic}

\begin{document}
  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \subfloat[First caption\label{subfig-1:dummy}]{%
      \begin{overpic}[width=0.5\textwidth]{fig1}
        \put(30,30){some text}
      \end{overpic}
    }
    \subfloat[Second caption\label{subfig-2:dummy}]{%
      \begin{overpic}[width=0.5\textwidth]{fig1}
        \put(40,40){some text again!}
      \end{overpic}
    }
    \caption{Caption}\label{fig:dummy}
  \end{figure}
\end{document}

[steem84]

ok nevermind, I found out that it is also possible to use just the subfigure package and change the \subfloat to \subfigure

[localghost]

[...] However, I do have a question. For the \subfloat I have to use the subfig package, \usepackage{subfig}, and in the rest of the document I used the \subfigure command from the subfigure package, \usepackage{subfigure}. I found out that the combination of commands does not work well in the code written below. Does that mean that I just have to use the subfig package and change all \subfigures in the document to \subfloats ? Or is there a way to use both packages? [...]

Don't use the subfigure package. It is obsolete [1]. And the subfig package isn't maintained anymore but will do for now. The best is to do these modifications. Don't use both packages in the same document.

For future projects that contain sub-figures it might be better to use the subcaption package that comes with caption. It has its own manual and you can be sure that it is maintained. Its user interface is very easy to handle.

[1] View topic: Obsolete packages and document classes - Avoid usage!

[steem84]

ok, thanks for the information