How to use only half an image?

Question

Is it possible to include only half an image? I'm looking to include only the right half of an image and discard the left half.

If there is a simple way to accomplish that, it would make more sense in my case than to generate new images.

Here are a couple of questions/answers that might be useful: crop an inserted image and crop included pdf documents — Scott H., Jun 10 '13 at 16:47

m0nhawk · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-10T16:59:17.827

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You should use the crop and trim options for \includegraphics command.

Example:

\includegraphics[trim = 10mm 80mm 20mm 5mm, clip, width=3cm]{image}

The options for trim is: trim=left bottom right top, where it cropped by the appropriate amount from the sides.

So, including only the right half would look like:

\newlength{\imagewidth}
\settowidth{\imagewidth}{\includegraphics{image}}
\includegraphics[trim=0.5\imagewidth{} 0 0 0, clip, width = 0.1\imagewidth{}]{image}

Check the code.

edited Jun 10 '13 at 16:59

answered Jun 10 '13 at 16:47

m0nhawk

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Thanks. I know of trim, but how can I find the image width? Also, why do you need clip? – Tim N Jun 10 '13 at 16:49
@TimN: trim didn't work without clip. – m0nhawk Jun 10 '13 at 16:59
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@TimN trim only reduces the size of the resulting box (you’d have overlapping on the left side), clip also clips the stuff outside of the box. – Qrrbrbirlbel Jun 10 '13 at 17:06

How to use only half an image?

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