Btukfyl

Suppose, I have the grouping of images as specified below.

My problem is that I want to include this kind of image grouping in an environment that uses the subfig package and that subcaption and subfig do not go well together. My question is therefore: How do I replicate the image grouping below in a subfig environment --> e.g. How do I obtain the same result as you shown below but with the subfloat macro from subfig package?

The goal really is to have a big image in the middle, and 8 images around it.

documentclass{article}

usepackage{caption,subcaption}

usepackage[demo]{graphicx} % demo is just for the example



begin{document}

begin{figure}

centering



begin{subfigure}{.2textwidth}

    includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=2cm]{x}

    caption{A short figure}



end{subfigure}qquad

begin{subfigure}{.2textwidth}

    includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=2cm]{x}

    caption{A short figure}

end{subfigure}qquad



begin{subfigure}{.2textwidth}

    includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=2cm]{x}

    caption{A short figure}



    vspace{2ex}



    includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=2cm]{x}

    caption{A short figure}

end{subfigure}qquad

begin{subfigure}{.4textwidth}

includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=5cm]{x}

caption{A tall figure}

end{subfigure}qquad

begin{subfigure}{.2textwidth}

includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=2cm]{x}

caption{A short figure}



vspace{2ex}



includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=2cm]{x}

caption{A short figure}

end{subfigure}qquad



begin{subfigure}{.2textwidth}

    includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=2cm]{x}

    caption{A short figure}



end{subfigure}qquad

begin{subfigure}{.2textwidth}

    includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=2cm]{x}

    caption{A short figure}

end{subfigure}qquad



caption{The full caption}

end{figure}

end{document}

see, if the following solution can help you.

documentclass{article}

usepackage{caption}

usepackage[demo,               % demo is just for the example

            export]{adjustbox}

usepackage{subfig}

usepackage{multirow, tabularx}



begin{document}

    begin{figure}

setkeys{Gin}{width=linewidth, keepaspectratio}



begin{tabularx}{linewidth}{@{} *{4}{X} @{}}

    & subfloat[A short image]{includegraphics[valign=t]{x}}

        & subfloat[A short image]{includegraphics[valign=t]{x}}

            &                                                           \

subfloat[A short image]{includegraphics[valign=t]{x}}

    & multicolumn{2}{>{hsize=dimexpr2hsize+2tabcolsep}X}{

        multirow[t]{2}{=}{subfloat[A tall image]{includegraphics[height=78mm,valign=t]{x}}}

                                                    }

        & subfloat[A short image]{includegraphics[valign=t]{x}}       \

subfloat[A short image]{includegraphics[valign=t]{x}}

    &   &   & subfloat[A short image]{includegraphics[valign=t]{x}}   \

    & subfloat[A short image]{includegraphics[valign=t]{x}}

        & subfloat[A short image]{includegraphics[valign=t]{x}}

            &                                                           \

end{tabularx}

caption{The full caption}

    end{figure}

end{document}