put figure at the bottom of the FIRST page

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The problem is simple: how to force Latex to put the figure at the bottom of the first page. I used [!hbt] but that makes the image at the top of the 2nd page.

\begin{figure*}[!thb]
 \centerline{
\includegraphics[width=1.7\columnwidth]{image.pdf} \hspace*{0.5cm}}
\caption{\label{fig:d} .   }
\end{figure*}

Note that the page is in a 2 column format. AND we have usually footnotes in the first page in ieee class, such as author affiliations. So How to put the figure at the bottom of the first page ABOVE the footnotes?

It is better to use \centering rather than \centerline. If you do use \centerline you need a % after the { or centering will be out by a space. — David Carlisle, Dec 16 '14 at 10:48
so how should i put it in the first page of a paper? no way? — ehsank, Dec 16 '14 at 11:01
The standard floating insert mechanism won't do it for you in 2 column mode, but you can place it there "by hand". Just put the \includegraphics where you want it without using a figure environment and use captionof package to generate the caption properly. — Thruston, Dec 16 '14 at 11:06
that still doesnt work properly for 2 columns. I used this \centering \includegraphics[width=1.7\columnwidth]{pic} \captionof{figure}[One figure]{One figure; photo courtesy ...} — ehsank, Dec 16 '14 at 11:31
@ehsank -- you have to wrap your figure contents in a minipage that is the width of the full page. — barbara beeton, Dec 19 '14 at 13:29

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 16 '14 at 11:48

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\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}

\usepackage{capt-of}

\def\a{One two three four five six seven eight nine ten. }
\def\b{\a\a\a\a\par\a Red green blue. \a\a\a Yellow. \a.\par}

\title{zzz}
\author{me}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\enlargethispage{-3.2cm}
\noindent\begin{picture}(0,0)
\put(0,-390){\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\centering
\rule{.75\textwidth}{2.5cm}%\includegraphics...
\captionof{figure}{zzzzz}
\end{minipage}}
\end{picture}%
\b\a\a\b\b\a\a\a\b
\enlargethispage{-3.2cm}
\b\b\b\a\a\b\b\a\a\a\b

\end{document}

answered Dec 16 '14 at 11:48

David Carlisle

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"A River Runs Through It" :^) – Steven B. Segletes Dec 16 '14 at 11:55
@StevenB.Segletes at least it makes a change from mock latin – David Carlisle Dec 16 '14 at 11:58
Thanks a lot! however with ieee class it puts the image on the text. but anyway, it is so useful! – ehsank Dec 16 '14 at 13:25
@ehsank yes you need to adjust the (0,-390) and \enlargethispage{-3.2cm} by eye to position the figure. Not ideal but it gets the job done – David Carlisle Dec 16 '14 at 13:36
hmmmph. been done before -- see How to put a full-width table at the top or bottom of the same two-column page as the reference text?. and there's an article in the latest tugboat that demonstrates it. (members only until november 2015.) – barbara beeton Dec 16 '14 at 15:10
@barbarabeeton happy to vote close as dup (although probably I prefer this version:-) – David Carlisle Dec 16 '14 at 15:19
@barbarabeeton actually I have extra powers, so voting not really needed:-) – David Carlisle Dec 16 '14 at 15:21
@barbarabeeton it is still an open problem! with having footnotes in the first page (like author affiliation), the picture goes below the footnote which is not desirable. – ehsank Dec 19 '14 at 08:10
@ehsank -- noted. however, in a two-column page, made with the [twocolumn] option, not with multicol, footnotes are only the width of one column, so if there are no footnotes for the second column, you'd end up with a big blank at the bottom right. that problem surely hasn't been solved yet. – barbara beeton Dec 19 '14 at 13:27
This post really needs an explanation. – mxbi Mar 18 '23 at 14:15
@mxbi the whole post was closed as duplicate 8 years ago, somewhat bizarre to ask for edits now. – David Carlisle Mar 18 '23 at 21:10

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