LaTeX-Beamer: How to have two columns and center pictures in one of them

Question

Thx to this life-saving forum, I was able to create a slide in LaTeX-Beamer that looks almost as I want it to:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Hannover}
\begin{document}
    \begin{frame}{MyTitle}
            \begin{columns}[T]
                \begin{column}{.5\textwidth}
                    \begin{block}{}
                        \begin{itemize}
                            \item Item1
                            \item Item2
                            \item Item3
                        \end{itemize}
                    \end{block}
                \end{column}
                \begin{column}{.5\textwidth}
                        \begin{block}{}
                            \includegraphics[width=0.6\textwidth {imgs/Image1.jpg}
                            \includegraphics[width=0.6\textwidth]{imgs/Image2.jpg}
                        \end{block}
                \end{column}
            \end{columns}
    \end{frame}
\end{document}

Now, I want the two images in the right column to be centered. They are left-aligned. Furthermore I want to have a little vertical space between them. I have tried addvspace{2pt}, vspace*{2pt} but non of these seem to work.

It is up to you to make sure that users can help you by giving a fully compileable code. By putting example images: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/454454/138900 — AndréC, Mar 06 '19 at 18:31

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '19 at 18:20

Beamer uses TeX's normal rules to position text and graphics. So, for example, you can use a center environment for your images. As for the vertical space, make sure you end the paragraph first with e.g. a blank line (see this answer for info).

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usetheme{Hannover}
\begin{document}
    \begin{frame}{MyTitle}
            \begin{columns}[T]
                \begin{column}{.5\textwidth}
                    \begin{block}{}
                        \begin{itemize}
                            \item Item1
                            \item Item2
                            \item Item3
                        \end{itemize}
                    \end{block}
                \end{column}
                \begin{column}{.5\textwidth}
                        \begin{block}{}
                        \begin{center}
                            \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{example-image-a}

                            \vspace{1cm}
                            \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{example-image-b}
                        \end{center}
                        \end{block}
                \end{column}
            \end{columns}
    \end{frame}
\end{document}

Output:

thx a lot, Pippip19 ! ... do you know how to add captions to these figures? It seems captions need for example a minipage. But I don't want to have so many nested-structures, I already have columns and boxes! — Luk, Mar 06 '19 at 19:24
You can place each image in a figure environment and then use \caption{} in the normal way. I would recommend loading the caption package. If you want the figures to be numbered, put \setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]{} in your preamble. — pip, Mar 07 '19 at 06:30

LaTeX-Beamer: How to have two columns and center pictures in one of them

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