General ⇒ How do I add a jpeg picture to Latex

[akira32]

How do I add a jpeg picture to Latex?
What command should I use?
Could somebody tell me the code an detail?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi akira32,

you should load the graphicx package and use \includegraphics. Here is a very basic example:

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
Here is an example:
\begin{center}
\includegraphics{test.jpg}
\end{center}
\end{document}

It may be extended, but that depends on what your requirements are. Do you want the picture placed at an exact position or do you want to let it float? Do you need a caption below the picture? Do you need it to be listed in a list of figures? Do you need a number, a label for referencing?
Concerning \includegraphics you will find more information in the graphicx documentation.

Stefan

[localghost]

As a supplement to the statements of Stefan I want to remark that graphics files in JPG format only can be included when compiling with pdflatex.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[akira32]

I write the code as below:

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}

\begin{center}
\includegraphics{test.jpg}
\end{center}
\end{document}

But when I click the button "build output", it appears 4 errors.
The 4 errors are in the jpeg4error.JPG in Attachments.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi akira32,

the example I gave above is a complete compilable document, you should not insert that complete code into your own document. In your document you can insert the picture just by

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\includegraphics{test.jpg}

and if you want to center it then write instead:

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\begin{center}
\includegraphics{test.jpg}
\end{center}

Make sure that at the beginning of your document, in your preamble, there's the line

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\usepackage{graphicx}

Further the comment of Thorsten is important: use pdflatex, that means use the LaTeX => PDF output profile.

Stefan

[akira32]

Thank you! I add the line of "\includegraphics{test.jpg}" and "\usepackage{graphicx}" in preamble. But when I build the project, it appears a error as the picture attached.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

It seems that you are not using pdflatex, that's why the .jpg format is not supported.
You should compile directly into pdf format, not to dvi, then it will work. If you use TeXnicCenter, choose the output profile LaTeX => PDF. If you use WinEdit then choose the PDFTeXify (or PDFLaTeX) button. Or tell us, which editor you are using.

Stefan

[akira32]

\includegraphics[width=\textwidth , bb= 20 20 575 575]{test.jpg}
I forget add the bounding box. But it still cannot show the jpeg file in my Latex.
Becuase my Latex project is created by my classmate.
I am a beginner. Now I try to create a new report project and try to add the jpeg file.

[akira32]

I add the jpeg file successfuly with the build option of "LaTex=>PS=>PDF".
But the jpeg file becomes a gray-level picture in pdf.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I add the jpeg file successfuly with the build option of "LaTex=>PS=>PDF".

That's not the right profile. Do really you have not LaTeX=>PDF od didn't you try that?
With LaTeX=>PDF (that's pdflatex) you will get color and you won't need a bounding box.

Stefan