Alignment of two pictures

Question

How can I get two pictures perfectly align alongside. My code is given below.

\begin{figure}[t!]
\centering
\begin{minipage}{3.3cm}
    \centering
    \subtop[]{\includegraphics[height=0.25\textheight]{figa/ParameterSpace}\label{figa}}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{0.5cm}
\begin{minipage}{3.3cm}
    \centering
    \subtop[]{\includegraphics[height=0.25\textheight]{figa/StringMotion}\label{figb}}
\end{minipage}
\mycaption[Motion of open string in spacetime.]{%
  (a) Parameter space for open strings.
  (b) Open string worlsheet in target space.}
\label{figA}
\end{figure}

from your code snippet follows that your equation should be aligned as you wish. to say more, we should see complete small document beginning with \documentclass{...} preamble with to image related packages and end with \end{document}. welcome to tex.se! — Zarko, Dec 27 '17 at 18:55
Does changing \begin{minipage}{3.3cm} to \begin{minipage}[t]{3.3cm} help? And why do you squeeze the pictures in minipages of fixed width? (No wonder that the pictures overlap.) — , Dec 27 '17 at 19:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 27 '17 at 19:26

Your approach of putting the sub-figures inside minipages is the problem here. The blocks created by the minipages are too narrow for the images to fit, so they overlap. Drop the use of minipages entirely:

\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage{graphicx}

\newsubfloat{figure}

\begin{document}

\chapter{A chapter}

\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
%  \begin{minipage}{3.3cm}
%    \centering
    \subtop[]{\includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{example-image-a}}
%  \end{minipage}
  \hspace{0.5cm}
%  \begin{minipage}{3.3cm}
%    \centering
    \subtop[]{\includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{example-image-b}}
%  \end{minipage}
  \caption[Motion of open string in spacetime.]{%
    (a) Parameter space for open strings.
    (b) Open string worlsheet in target space.}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Alignment of two pictures

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