[Tex/LaTex] How to put a figure in one column and its caption in another column in a two column article latex

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Could some one help me to figure this issue out? I have a two column article and I have figures that are long. They fit in one column and that's ok but if I want to add the caption under the figure, the tex will be too large and does not fit in that column. Is there a way to put the figure in one column and the caption in front of it in the other column?! I tried different things such as figure* or floatrow but that does not give me what I want. 

   \begin{figure}[!p] %the figure is as long as a column in a two column page
   \begin{center} 
   \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{figure3.png} 
   \caption{(Color online) a very long text, as long as a column in a two   column page} 
   \end{center} 
   \end{figure}

Best Answer

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\twocolumn

\begin{figure*}[t]
  \begin{minipage}[c]{.47\linewidth}
    \null
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth,height=8cm]{example}
  \end{minipage}\hfill
  \begin{minipage}[c]{0.47\textwidth}
    \caption{\protect\lipsum[3] }
    \label{fig:1}
  \end{minipage}
\end{figure*}

\lipsum
\end{document}

The \null is to give the minipage an anchor for alignment, this is only needed if you want [t] alignment.

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