[Tex/LaTex] Right positioning of school logo in title page

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I am writing my Ph.D defense presentation using Beamer and I have a problem. I would like to add school logo at the top center of my title page. I tried to follow suggestions reported in other similar posts but I still have some problems. Here it is what I am doing at the moment.

\documentclass{beamer}

\mode<presentation> {

\usetheme{Berlin}
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{tikz}
\titlegraphic{\vspace{2cm}}
\title[Essays]{\textbf{Essays}}
\institute[IMT] {
  IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca \\
  \medskip
  \textit{nicola.devivo@imtlucca.it} % Your email address
  }
} % end mode<presentation>

\date{\today}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\tikz [remember picture]
\node at
    ([yshift=2cm]current page.center)
    {\includegraphics[trim=0cm 4cm 0cm 0.5cm,  width=.5\textwidth,height=.35\textheight]{Logo.pdf}};
\titlepage
\end{frame}

\end{document}

The problem is that the logo image is too far from the top bar and not centered, hence all the other features of title page are too down in the page. As I try to trim above to reduce the space, a blank space appears on the top bar. How can I solve this problem?

Thank you very much

P.S.: This is what I obtain after following the first answer

I do not want my logo overlap the top bar and I do not want logo to be far away from the top bar.

Best Answer

Edited to include a new solution at the top.

Is this what you want?

\hspace{0.25\textwidth}
\tikz [ remember picture]
    \node at (current page.north)
    {\includegraphics[trim=0cm 4cm 0cm 0.5cm,  width=.5\textwidth,height=.35\textheight]{Logo.pdf}};

(My original answer)

\tikz [overlay, remember picture]
\node at
    (current page.north)
    {\includegraphics[trim=0cm 4cm 0cm 0.5cm,  width=.5\textwidth,height=.35\textheight]{Logo.pdf}};

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Positioning logo in the front page as well as slides

Question 1: You can use any of the fields given by \author, \title, \date, or \institute to place the image in the title page; if none of those fields allow you to achieve the desired placement, you can use the textpos package. The example below uses the \author field to add the image.

Question 2: With the help of the textpos package you can add the logo to the frametitle template using \addtobeamertemplate.

A simple example code:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Madrid}
\usecolortheme{beaver}
\usepackage{textpos}

\title{The title}
\author[The author]{\includegraphics[height=1cm,width=2cm]{cat}\\The Author}
\institute[Inst.]{The Institute}
\date{\today}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\maketitle
\end{frame}

\addtobeamertemplate{frametitle}{}{%
\begin{textblock*}{100mm}(.85\textwidth,-1cm)
\includegraphics[height=1cm,width=2cm]{cat}
\end{textblock*}}

\begin{frame}{Motivation}
Now the logo is visible
\end{frame}

\end{document}

enter image description here

As osjerick mentions in a comment, the above solution won't behave correctly if \framesubtitle is used (the image will shift downwards); in this case, a TikZ approach can be used to prevent the movement:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Madrid}
\usecolortheme{beaver}
\usepackage{tikz}

\title{The title}
\author[The author]{\includegraphics[height=1cm,width=2cm]{cat}\\The Author}
\institute[Inst.]{The Institute}
\date{\today}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\maketitle
\end{frame}

\addtobeamertemplate{frametitle}{}{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\node[anchor=north east,yshift=2pt] at (current page.north east) {\includegraphics[height=0.8cm]{cat}};
\end{tikzpicture}}

\begin{frame}{Motivation}
Now the logo is visible
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Motivation}
\framesubtitle{A}
Now the logo is visible
\end{frame}

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] How to make a beamer presentation with customized title page and footage

So this may not be what you need since I don't know where you are starting:

\documentclass{beamer}
\title{Title}
\author{Me}
\begin{document}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{background}{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{teitl}}
\frame[label=title]{\titlepage}
\setbeamertemplate{background}{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{tudalen}}
\begin{frame}{Frame Title}
    This is a regular page.
\end{frame}
\end{document}

title page and regular page

Update

The only way I can currently figure to do this is as follows:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Atlanta}
\makeatletter
  \defbeamertemplate*{frametitle}{mytitle}[1][left]
  {
    \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{frametitle}{}{\nointerlineskip}%
    \@tempdima=\textwidth%
    \advance\@tempdima by\beamer@leftmargin%
    \advance\@tempdima by\beamer@rightmargin%
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.3cm,#1,wd=\the\@tempdima]{}
      \usebeamerfont{frametitle}%
      \vbox{}\vskip-1ex%
      \if@tempswa\else\csname beamer@fte#1\endcsname\fi%
      \strut\insertframetitle\strut\par%
      {%
        \ifx\insertframesubtitle\@empty%
        \else%
        {\usebeamerfont{framesubtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{framesubtitle}\insertframesubtitle\strut\par}%
        \fi
      }%
      \vskip-1ex%
      \if@tempswa\else\vskip-.3cm\fi% set inside beamercolorbox... evil here...
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
  }
\makeatother
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{}
\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}[mytitle]

\title{Title}
\author{Me}

\begin{document}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{background}{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{teitl}}
% plain removes the navigation bar etc.
\frame[plain]{\titlepage}

\setbeamertemplate{background}{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{tudalen}}

\begin{frame}{Frame Title}
    This is a regular page.
\end{frame}

\end{document}

hacked frametitle, no footline, plain titlepage

Update to Update

\documentclass[font=9pt]{beamer}
\usetheme{Atlanta}
\makeatletter
  \defbeamertemplate*{frametitle}{mytitle}[1][left]
  {
    \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{frametitle}{}{\nointerlineskip}%
    \@tempdima=\textwidth%
    \advance\@tempdima by\beamer@leftmargin%
    \advance\@tempdima by\beamer@rightmargin%
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.3cm,#1,wd=\the\@tempdima]{}
      \usebeamerfont{frametitle}%
      \vbox{}\vskip-1ex%
      \if@tempswa\else\csname beamer@fte#1\endcsname\fi%
      \strut\insertframetitle\strut\par%
      {%
        \ifx\insertframesubtitle\@empty%
        \else%
        {\usebeamerfont{framesubtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{framesubtitle}\insertframesubtitle\strut\par}%
        \fi
      }%
      \vskip-1ex%
      \if@tempswa\else\vskip-.3cm\fi% set inside beamercolorbox... evil here...
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
  }
\makeatother
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{}
\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}[mytitle]
\setbeamertemplate{headline}{}% eliminate headline so background is revealed
\definecolor{myblue}{rgb}{0.4, 0.6, 0.8}% adjust as desired
\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=myblue}

\defbeamertemplate*{title page}{customized}[1][]
{
  \usebeamerfont{title}\inserttitle\par
  \usebeamerfont{subtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par
  \bigskip
  \usebeamerfont{author}\insertauthor\par
  \usebeamerfont{institute}\insertinstitute\par
  \usebeamerfont{date}\insertdate\par
  \usebeamercolor[fg]{titlegraphic}\inserttitlegraphic
}

%\usepackage{Warsaw}
%\usepackage{beamercolorthemeyellowjacket}
\usefonttheme{serif}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm,amsfonts}
\usepackage{algorithmic,algorithm}
\usepackage{graphicx,ifpdf}
\usepackage{mathrsfs}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{dsfont}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{tabulary}

\def\Ze{\mathbb{Z}}
\def\Qe{\mathbb{Q}}
\def\Re{\mathbb{R}}
\def\Ne{\mathbb{N}}
\def\E{\mathbb{E}}
%\def\Pr{{\rm Pr}}
\def\newblock{}

\DeclareMathOperator*{\wg}{\wedge}
\newcommand{\set}[1]{\left\{ #1 \right\}}
\newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{lem}{Lemma}
\newtheorem{obs}{Observation}
\newtheorem{prop}{Proposition}
\newtheorem{cor}{Corollary}
\newtheorem{dfn}{Definition}
\newtheorem{asp}[theorem]{Assumption}
\newcommand{\rv}{\mathcal{T}}
\newcommand{\rr}{\mathbb{R}}
\newcommand{\zz}{\mathbb{Z}}
\newcommand{\nn}{\mathbb{N}}
\newcommand{\rw}{W}

\newcommand{\rc}[1]{\textcolor{Black}{#1}}
\newcommand{\bc}[1]{\textcolor{Black}{#1}}

\title[Presentation ] % (optional, use only with long paper titles)
{Presentation Title}
\institute[my institute]{
  }
\author[my name ] % (optional, use only with lots of authors)
{my name}

\date[]

\begin{document}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{background}{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{blue}}
\frame[plain]{\titlepage}

\setbeamertemplate{background}{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{background}}

\begin{frame}\frametitle{Outline}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Introduction
\item A two-stage chance-constrained model
\item Case study
\item Solution approaches
\item Conclusions

\end{enumerate}
\end{frame}

\section{Introduction}
\begin{frame}\frametitle{}

\begin{center}
\bfseries{Thank you!}\\

\vspace{2cm}

\bfseries{Comments?}\\

\end{center}

\end{frame}

\section{A two-stage chance-constrained model}
\begin{frame}\frametitle{}

\begin{center}
\bfseries{Thank you!}\\

\vspace{2cm}

\bfseries{Comments?}\\

\end{center}

\end{frame}

\section{Case study}
\begin{frame}\frametitle{}

\begin{center}
\bfseries{Thank you!}\\

\vspace{2cm}

\bfseries{Comments?}\\

\end{center}

\end{frame}

\section{Solution approaches }
\begin{frame}\frametitle{A Frame Title}

\begin{center}
\bfseries{Thank you!}\\

\vspace{2cm}

\bfseries{Comments?}\\

\end{center}

\end{frame}

\end{document}