How to make a figure span two columns in an acmart document

Question

I am trying to make a figure span both columns in an acmart document. I have tried using figure* but that simply makes the figure disappear from the document. Here is a sample code:

\documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\title{Title}
\maketitle
\section{Section}
\lipsum[2-4]
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{generated_music_example.eps} 
\caption{Caption}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

I have also tried using \onecolumn but it puts the figure on a new page on its own (without any text around it despite there being enough space for it).

Welcome to tex.sx. It's very difficult to put a full-width float on the first page of any article. Here are two existing questions dealing with full-width figures: How to put a full-width table at the top or bottom of the same two-column page as the reference text? and Put a table* at the bottom of a page? — barbara beeton, Jan 17 '22 at 03:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '22 at 04:43

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I have found the solution thanks to barbara beeton. The accepted answer in Put a table* at the bottom of a page? mentions the use of the stfloats package with a figure placement of [bp]. This ended up working for me.

answered Jan 17 '22 at 04:43

BarricadeX75

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How to make a figure span two columns in an acmart document

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