Figure inside figure

Question

Can I render a figure inside another figure. For example, I want to have a big figure and showing a small one (like for zooming in) instead of the legend.

Can I do that using latex?

Thanks.

I would do it "outside" with graphic tools and simple put in one figure, that will save you a lot of trouble — Dukeatcoding, Jun 05 '13 at 12:34
Is this what you have in mind: Magnifying part of a picture? — Alexander, Jun 05 '13 at 12:52
yes you can, but don't wrap them in separate figure environments. think of this more as "including two graphic objects in the same float environment". — barbara beeton, Jun 05 '13 at 12:53
@Alexander, no, I want two different figures, the zooming was just for example. But that's nice, thanks. — Assimiz, Jun 30 '13 at 20:24
@Assimiz Thank you for accepting my answer below. To update you, there is now my stackengine package which embodies this kind of logic in commands \topinset and \bottominset. They are more convenient than even the what I gave below. — Steven B. Segletes, Jul 01 '13 at 18:40

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 09 '17 at 21:43

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I \llap the embedded image after setting the large image. The 2.5in is the vertical rise and the 0.2in is the leftward offset of the embedded image.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{mwe}
\begin{document}

Here is some text.

\begin{figure}[ht]
\includegraphics[scale=1]{example-image-1x1}
\centering
\llap{\shortstack{%
        \includegraphics[scale=.2]{example-image}\\
        \rule{0ex}{2.5in}%
      }
  \rule{0.2in}{0ex}}
\caption{This is my embedded figure}
\end{figure}

And text continues\ldots

\end{document}

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edited Jun 09 '17 at 21:43

David Carlisle

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answered Jun 05 '13 at 12:55

Steven B. Segletes

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Of course, my stackengine package can do this function directly with the \stackinset macro. – Steven B. Segletes Apr 10 '18 at 13:11

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