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I'm sure this is answered somewhere. I've looked, but still having trouble getting exactly what I'm trying to do. Perhaps I need to use something I'm not familiar with. I'm trying to shift one of two graphics within a figure vertically, without changing the bounds of the entire figure itself.

Here is my default code and close to desired result:

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\hspace{-0.25in}\includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{img/a.png}~
\hspace{-0.75in}\frame{\includegraphics[width=0.175\textwidth]{img/b.jpg}}
\end{center}
\caption[stuff]{\label{fig:stuff}Some stuff.}
\end{figure}

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I am trying to shift the right graphic up vertically a little bit:
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If I adjust with vspace positively/negatively like so, it increases/decreases space between the whole figure and the caption, instead of moving just the right graphic: 

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\hspace{-0.25in}\includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{img/a.png}~
\hspace{-0.75in}\vspace{0.25in}\frame{\includegraphics[width=0.175\textwidth]{img/b.jpg}}
\end{center}
\caption[stuff]{\label{fig:stuff}Some stuff.}
\end{figure}

enter image description here

How can I shift the right graphics up within the bounds of the figure without changing the space between the entire figure and the caption?

delrocco
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    For future readers, I went down this rabbit hole because my background image had too much surrounding white space in it. Having removed that, any adjusting was no longer necessary. – delrocco Jul 19 '19 at 18:26

1 Answers1

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You can achieve the following using the overpic package:

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

\begin{figure}
  \centering   
  \begin{overpic}[width=0.4\textwidth]{example-image-a}
     \put(65,10){\includegraphics[width=0.175\textwidth]{example-image-b}}  
  \end{overpic}
\caption[stuff]{\label{fig:stuff}Some stuff.}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

The horizontal and vertical position of the smalle image can be changed by adjusting the values of x and y in \put(x,y).

leandriis
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  • This is great, but now the first graphic has been centered. I had it hspace'd negatively so it looks left aligned. Can I insert a negative hspace somewhere to do that? Or equivalent option for the overpic? – delrocco Jul 19 '19 at 18:03
  • @delrocco: To left-align the image, simply remove the \centering command. If this does not result in the output you want to achive, please clarify. – leandriis Jul 19 '19 at 18:19
  • That doesn't put it on the left for some reason. However, including package adjustbox and adding the option left did work. Thank you for your help! – delrocco Jul 19 '19 at 18:24
  • @leandriis +1 for your code. Is it important, for your opinion, to edit your answer with adjustbox and left as the comment of delrocco? – Sebastiano Jul 20 '19 at 12:02