[Tex/LaTex] set a maximum width and height for an image

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I would like to define a maximum height and a maximum width for an image at same time. I suppose there must be a package to do this, but actually I'm unable to find it…

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You can use the keepaspectratio key and define your graphics as:

\includegraphics[width=10cm,height=10cm,keepaspectratio]{image}

The MWE is as follows:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics[width=2cm,height=3cm,keepaspectratio]{./graphics/amato}
\includegraphics[width=2cm,height=3cm,keepaspectratio]{./graphics/cardtrick}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Experiment with images with different aspect ratios to see the effect.

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Ignoring the question you are asking, there is a simple solution to your actual problem: \includegraphics has an optional argument keepaspectratio, that (quoting the manual),

if set to true then specifying both width and height (or totalheight) does not distort the figure but scales such that neither of the specified dimensions is exceeded.

Thus, you can simply write

\includegraphics[height=5cm,width=.5\textwidth,keepaspectratio]{some_image.jpg}

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You can use adjustbox with its export option which will make keys like max width, available inside \includegraphics. Also, it offers keys width, height etc to be used for adjustbox environment.

Here is a sample.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
\usepackage{showframe}   %% for demo
\setkeys{Gin}{height=2cm}
\begin{document}
\noindent
 \begin{adjustbox}{width=\textwidth}
   \includegraphics{helen19}
   \includegraphics{helen18}
   \includegraphics{helen20}
   \includegraphics{helen22}
   \includegraphics{helen19}
   \includegraphics{helen18}
 \end{adjustbox}

 \bigskip
 \noindent
 \begin{adjustbox}{max width=0.8\textwidth}  %% change to \textwidth and see
   \includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{helen19}
   \includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{helen18}
   \includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{helen20}
   \includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{helen22}
   \includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{helen19}
   \includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{helen18}
   \includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{helen20}
   \includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{helen22}
 \end{adjustbox}
\end{document}

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