Input a figure between title and body in twocolumn form

Question

I'm using a LaTeX to write a small paper using CVPR template.

I'd like to put a figure between my title+name and body(which consists with two columns) like many CVPR papers do, but I don't find the way to do that.

I tried:

\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\fbox{\rule{0pt}{2in} \rule{.9\linewidth}{0pt}}
\end{center}
   \caption{some caption..}
\label{fig:short}
\end{figure*}

But it turned out figure-star only displays it's figure at the top of next page, and when I just use figure like \begin{figure}[htb], it's only located one of those two columns.

Does anyone know how to put a long figure between my title+name and body context?

Welcome to TeX.sx! Please add a full minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem, not just a code fragment. You can't have a double-column material in the middle of the page, because it is not possible to split two-columns in half. This seems to be very similar to Span columns with a 'center' environment, just with a different class. — Martin Scharrer, May 14 '12 at 08:16
Note that you shouldn't use center but \centering inside figure. Also you can now use \includegraphics[..]{example-image} to represent your image. See New support package for MWEs — Martin Scharrer, May 14 '12 at 08:51

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 17 '21 at 07:15

The title is also set in double-column format and you can't have two of these in a row. You need to place the title and the (non-floating) figure into one \twocolumn[{..}] macro. The problem is that \maketitle already uses \twocolumn, but this can actually be redefined as a non-op.

This is analog to my solution for Span columns with a 'center' environment. I post it here again because it's for a different style and many beginners will have issues adapting the other post to CVPR.

I like to mention that having a figure directly below the title might not be a good style.

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{cvpr}
\usepackage{blindtext}% for dummy text only
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\def\cvprPaperID{}% Remove and set correct ID
\title{Test}
\author{A. Tester}
\begin{document}
\twocolumn[{%
\renewcommand\twocolumn[1][]{#1}%
\maketitle
\begin{center}
    \centering
    \captionsetup{type=figure}
    \includegraphics[width=.8\textwidth,height=5cm]{example-image}
    \captionof{figure}{Test caption}
\end{center}%
}]
\Blindtext% Replace with your real text
\end{document}

Result

This works how it is supposed to be but it prints out some error when I compile it. (still make the result though). it says: "Undefined Control Sequence }]" Do you have any idea? — devEvan, May 14 '12 at 18:24
No, not really. Can you post a minimized version of the code somewhere? — Martin Scharrer, May 14 '12 at 19:31
Spent many agonizing hours trying to figure this out until I found your answer. Thank you! — Greg Kramida, Nov 04 '13 at 20:03

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '14 at 13:09

Since this question appears pretty high on search results, and this might be exactly something a SIGCHI template user may be looking for, here's an option that works on the SIGCHI template. (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/sigchi-papers-latex-template/view)

\teaser{
\centering
\subfloat[Subfigure caption A\label{subfig:fig4a}]{
    \includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth, height=0.15\textwidth]{FigSub4a} %standard image inclusion call
}   ~
\subfloat[Subfigure caption B\label{subfig:fig4b}]{
    \includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth, height=0.15\textwidth]{FigSub4b}
}   ~
\subfloat[Subfigure caption C\label{subfig:fig4c}]{
    \includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth, height=0.15\textwidth]{FigSub4b}
}
\caption{Teaser pic}
\label{fig:figure3}
}

This only works because of the following text inside the sigchi.cls file:

% [jdf] create a \teaser command for adding a figure in title page
\newcommand{\chi@empty}{}
\newcommand{\chi@teaser}{}
\newcommand{\teaser}[1]{\renewcommand{\chi@teaser}{#1}}

\newlength{\teaserspace}
\setlength{\teaserspace}{0.25in}
%  [jdf] end teaser

I can only presume that [jdf] = Jean-Daniel Fetke who edited this template on Aug 28, 2011.

Welcome to TeX.SX! It is often preferable to post a complete minimal document demonstrating the use of the code, rather than just code snippets. Perhaps you could update your answer. — Andrew Swann, Jun 27 '14 at 14:13
Doesn't seem to work for me on the 2018 CHI sigchi.cls template. No errors or warnings, but the figures just don't show up anywhere. — Alan Turing, Sep 16 '17 at 16:03

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 16 '24 at 09:39

For CVPR \twocolumn works

The IEEE ICRA IROS template, it does not

This code below works in my case for IEEE conference template

% after make title insert this

\begin{strip}
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}\centering
\vspace{-100pt}
\includegraphics[width=0.95\textwidth]{image/figure1_2un.pdf}
\captionof{figure}{this is your captions.}
\label{figurelabel}
\end{minipage}
\end{strip}
\begin{abstract}

Input a figure between title and body in twocolumn form

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