Combining 4 plots into one figure

Personally, I use the subfigure package and it works really well. Also,

+1 for reusable figures. The downside of the subfigure package is your

latex code looks that much worse, but if the journal doesn’t mind you

using the subfigure package, then I recommend it.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I am giving subfigure a try now, and it seems relatively promising. The only problem is that apparently the \caption package intereferes with RevTeX. This causes me to have to use \usepackage[caption=false]{subcaption} which then apparently doesn’t allow me to label the individual plots (a), (b), (c), and (d). Instead, attempting to do this creates new FIG labels at these locations (using \caption* doesn’t fix this either). But maybe I can figure a workaround to this, and besides, this is a LaTeX question at this point anyway.

If this doesn’t work I suppose there is always just manually creating a new file with Inkscape and adding the a), b), c), and d) labels manually in there.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

>
>
>
> Personally, I use the subfigure package and it works really well. Also,
> +1 for reusable figures. The downside of the subfigure package is your
> latex code looks that much worse, but if the journal doesn't mind you
> using the subfigure package, then I recommend it.
>
>
Thanks for the comments everyone. I am giving subfigure a try now, and it
seems relatively promising. The only problem is that apparently the
\caption package intereferes with RevTeX. This causes me to have to use
\usepackage[caption=false]{subcaption} which then apparently doesn't allow
me to label the individual plots (a), (b), (c), and (d). Instead,
attempting to do this creates new FIG labels at these locations (using
\caption* doesn't fix this either). But maybe I can figure a workaround to
this, and besides, this is a LaTeX question at this point anyway.

I know this is getting off topic, but is the journal you're submitting
to insisting on the RevTex style file? Most of them have their own
custom style. If so, I recommend using that over RevTex. That would
potentially solve your package conflict.

···

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 07:56:29AM -0700, Brad Malone wrote:

If this doesn't work I suppose there is always just manually creating a new
file with Inkscape and adding the a), b), c), and d) labels manually in
there.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

--
Damon McDougall
http://damon-is-a-geek.com
B2.39
Mathematics Institute
University of Warwick
Coventry
West Midlands
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

Hi Brad,

Have you have tried using the tabular environment?
I haven't tried using \vspace inside the figure, but I suspect that would also let you squeeze the figures closer together.

\begin{figure}
\begin{tabular}{cc} %for a two columns of figures
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{figure_a}
&
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{figure_b}
\\
\(a\) & \(b\)
\\
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{figure_c}
&
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{figure_d}
\\
\(c\) & \(d\)
\end{tabular}
\caption{\label{fig:your_label} your caption}
\end{figure}

Andre

···

On Jul 19, 2012, at 9:34 AM, Damon McDougall wrote:

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 07:56:29AM -0700, Brad Malone wrote:

Personally, I use the subfigure package and it works really well. Also,
+1 for reusable figures. The downside of the subfigure package is your
latex code looks that much worse, but if the journal doesn't mind you
using the subfigure package, then I recommend it.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I am giving subfigure a try now, and it
seems relatively promising. The only problem is that apparently the
\caption package intereferes with RevTeX. This causes me to have to use
\usepackage[caption=false]{subcaption} which then apparently doesn't allow
me to label the individual plots (a), (b), (c), and (d). Instead,
attempting to do this creates new FIG labels at these locations (using
\caption* doesn't fix this either). But maybe I can figure a workaround to
this, and besides, this is a LaTeX question at this point anyway.

I know this is getting off topic, but is the journal you're submitting
to insisting on the RevTex style file? Most of them have their own
custom style. If so, I recommend using that over RevTex. That would
potentially solve your package conflict.

If this doesn't work I suppose there is always just manually creating a new
file with Inkscape and adding the a), b), c), and d) labels manually in
there.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

--
Damon McDougall
http://damon-is-a-geek.com
B2.39
Mathematics Institute
University of Warwick
Coventry
West Midlands
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

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