I use the IEEE template, and I hope to place two pictures side by side. But if I use the 'minipage', it will change the two column of the IEEE template.
My code is:
\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure*}[!tp]
\begin{minipage}{.49\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=1in]{Figure1.pdf}
\caption{This is Figure 1}
\label{figure 1}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{.49\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=1in]{Figure2.pdf}
\caption{This is Figure 2}
\label{figure 2}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure*}
\end{document}
I'm sure it's not because the pictures too wide. I have try to change the width, but it's no use.
But, I hope the result is like this:

How to achieve this result? And how to change the code?
Thank you!

minipagedoesn't do that, thefigure*environment does. Usefigure(without the*). – Torbjørn T. Oct 04 '16 at 10:05\columnwidthinstead\textwidthfor the minipages:\begin{minipage}{.49\columnwidth}. – esdd Oct 04 '16 at 10:17