[Tex/LaTex] Problem inserting picture into latex/pdflatex using figure environment

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I am having trouble inserting pictures into my latex document at a specific point. Currently I have the two figure environments in the text but they are printed at the back of the document, after the bibliography. Am I missing something?

The pictures are both supposed to be full page-sized rather than a traditional smaller figure or float. I might be wrong in using the figure environment in this case, but I am not sure.

\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twoside]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in,bindingoffset=15.5mm,heightrounded]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
I have some text here.  Then pics.
\newpage
\begin{figure}[ht!]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.75, angle=90, width=\textwidth]{hamlet.jpg}
\caption{cool picture}
\end{figure}
\newpage
\begin{figure}[ht!]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.75, angle=270, width=\textwidth]{kinglear.jpg}
\caption{cool picture 2}
\end{figure}
\newpage
some more text here
\end{document}

Best Answer

Since the images must go at a specific position, it's not convenient to use a floating environment; you can use \captionof from the capt-of or caption packages to give your figures a caption:

\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twoside]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in,bindingoffset=15.5mm,heightrounded]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}

\begin{document}
I have some text here.  Then pics.
\clearpage
{
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.75, angle=90, width=\textwidth]{hamlet.jpg}
\captionof{figure}{cool picture}
\clearpage
\includegraphics[scale=0.75, angle=270, width=\textwidth]{kinglear.jpg}
\captionof{figure}{cool picture 2}
}
\clearpage
some more text here

\end{document}

The demo option for graphicx simply replaces actual figures with black rectangles; do not use that option in your actual document.

Depending on how tou are controlling the size for the images, you could additionally wrap each image and its caption using a minipage to prevent an undesired page break; something like

\clearpage
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.75, angle=90, width=\textwidth]{hamlet.jpg}
\captionof{figure}{cool picture}
\end{minipage}
\clearpage
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.75, angle=270, width=\textwidth]{kinglear.jpg}
\captionof{figure}{cool picture 2}
\end{minipage}
\clearpage

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You have to carefully adjust the dimensions of your image and the number of lines the wrap figure will extend ( for example [10] in \begin{wrapfigure}[10]{r}{5.5cm}).

An example:

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%------------------------------------------
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This is where the table goes with text wrapping around it. You may
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%------------------------------------------
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\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Side-by-side figures with caption, specify height but use whole textwidth

Slightly adopted @egreg answer in given link (that now you have two figures and not sub-figures):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{subcaption}% added for test in parallel with @egreg solution

\usepackage{showframe}% only for show page layout. in real use it had to be omitted!

% new lengths and save boxes
\newlength{\twosubht}
    \newsavebox{\twosubbox}
\newlength{\firstfig}
    \newsavebox{\firstfigbox}
\newlength{\secondfig}
    \newsavebox{\secondfigbox}

    \begin{document}
\begin{figure}[htp]
% measurement of height
\sbox\twosubbox{\resizebox{\dimexpr.9\textwidth-1em}{!}{%
    \includegraphics[height=3cm]{example-image-a}%
    \includegraphics[height=3cm]{example-image-16x9}%
    }%
}
\setlength{\twosubht}{\ht\twosubbox}
% measurement of width
\sbox\firstfigbox{\includegraphics[height=\twosubht]{example-image-a}}%
\setlength{\firstfig}{\wd\firstfigbox}
\sbox\secondfigbox{\includegraphics[height=\twosubht]{example-image-16x9}}%
\setlength{\secondfig}{\wd\secondfigbox}
% figure
\centering
    \begin{tabular}{p{\firstfig}p{\secondfig}}
\usebox\firstfigbox
\caption{The first}
    &   \usebox\secondfigbox
        \caption{The second}
    \end{tabular}
\end{figure}

% original @egreg solution

\noindent\hrulefill The text width\hrulefill
\begin{center}
\makebox[.9\textwidth]{\hrulefill 90\% of text width\hrulefill}
\end{center}

\begin{figure}[htp]
% preliminary
\sbox\twosubbox{%
  \resizebox{\dimexpr.9\textwidth-1em}{!}{%
    \includegraphics[height=3cm]{example-image-a}%
    \includegraphics[height=3cm]{example-image-16x9}%
  }%
}
\setlength{\twosubht}{\ht\twosubbox}

% typeset

\centering

\subcaptionbox{First\label{f}}{%
  \includegraphics[height=\twosubht]{example-image-a}%
}\quad
\subcaptionbox{Second\label{s}}{%
  \includegraphics[height=\twosubht]{example-image-16x9}%
}

\caption{The caption}
\end{figure}
    \end{document}

First compiling is slow due to figure size adjustment and figure size measurements.

Edit: For comparison the size of the figures, I copy @egreg solution from given link into my answer. As expected, the size of figures are the same (this is response to comment, that figures are not the same ...).

I also recommended to use geometry package for determining page layout (no used in above MWE).

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