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How can I put two figures side by side?
You can put minipage s inside a figure environment and get separate captions for each of them. \\documentclass {article} \sepackage {lipsum} \sepackage {mwe} \\begin {document} How can I put two figures side-by-side? Not two sub-figures, but two actual figures with separate “Fig.: bla bla” captions.
Can you float two objects side by side?
Since your figures shall be side by side, they are not expected to float independently. So you need just one figure environment for both objects. Within this figure environment, you may use minipages (like Matthew already suggested). Some additions: minipages understand optional alignment parameters to align at top, bottom or center.
How to place two images side by side in latex?
I want to place 2 images side by side in LaTeX. I have 2 .png files and I don’t understand how to do it in LaTeX. I have tried many ways but could not get a good result.
How to make a caption Look Like two independent figures?
For adding a caption to the minipages, I recommend to use the subcaption package. It is part of the feature-rich caption package. Nevertheless you could check out the subfig package. That task could be handled like subfigures even if you customize the captions such that they look like two independent figures.
How to use floats in two column document?
I recommend you use the twocolumn document class option instead of the multicol package. With the twocolumn option set, you can use figure and table environments to span a single column of text, and figure* and table* environment for floats to span both columns.
Can a page wide figure be in two columns?
So one page-wide figure is in two columns setting paper. Hope it works for you. I solved my question myself. I found an IEEE Transactions template from the IEEE society that has supports 2 columns with balancing, column figures and wide figures (the screenshot in the question is also an IEEE Transactions paper).