[Tex/LaTex] put figure at the bottom of the FIRST page

floatsieee-styleieeetransubfloatstwo-column

The problem is simple: how to force Latex to put the figure at the bottom of the first page.
I used [!hbt] but that makes the image at the top of the 2nd page.

\begin{figure*}[!thb]
 \centerline{
\includegraphics[width=1.7\columnwidth]{image.pdf} \hspace*{0.5cm}}
\caption{\label{fig:d} .   }
\end{figure*}

Note that the page is in a 2 column format. AND we have usually footnotes in the first page in ieee class, such as author affiliations. So How to put the figure at the bottom of the first page ABOVE the footnotes?

Best Answer

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\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}

\usepackage{capt-of}

\def\a{One two three four five six seven eight nine ten. }
\def\b{\a\a\a\a\par\a Red green blue. \a\a\a Yellow. \a.\par}

\title{zzz}
\author{me}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\enlargethispage{-3.2cm}
\noindent\begin{picture}(0,0)
\put(0,-390){\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\centering
\rule{.75\textwidth}{2.5cm}%\includegraphics...
\captionof{figure}{zzzzz}
\end{minipage}}
\end{picture}%
\b\a\a\b\b\a\a\a\b
\enlargethispage{-3.2cm}
\b\b\b\a\a\b\b\a\a\a\b

\end{document}