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# How do I specify the size of an image in LaTeX?

To include a figure within an Overleaf document you first have to [upload it to your project](/latex/knowledge-base/088-including-images-on-overleaf.md). Assuming you have loaded the `graphicx` package into your document preamble:

```latex
\usepackage{graphicx}
```

you specify the (typeset) size of the image using the `scale=...` option of the `\includegraphics` command:

```latex
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{my-uploaded-figure.png}
```

## Example

* **Note**: The following example uses a graphics file (`example-image.pdf`) provided by the `mwe` package. Those graphics files are distributed by TeX Live and thus stored on Overleaf's servers, making them available as image placeholders, such as the example below.

```latex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
Natural size of the image:

\vspace{3pt}
\includegraphics{example-image.pdf}

\vspace{12pt}
Image scaled to 50\%:

\vspace{3pt}
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{example-image.pdf}

\vspace{12pt}
Image scaled to 25\%:

\vspace{3pt}
\includegraphics[scale=0.25]{example-image.pdf}
\end{document}
```

[Open this example in Overleaf](https://www.overleaf.com/docs?engine=pdflatex\&snip_name=How+to+change+the+size+of+an+image\&snip=%5Cdocumentclass%7Barticle%7D%0A%5Cusepackage%7Bgraphicx%7D%0A%5Cbegin%7Bdocument%7D%0ANatural+size+of+the+image%3A%0A%0A%5Cvspace%7B3pt%7D%0A%5Cincludegraphics%7Bexample-image.pdf%7D%0A%0A%5Cvspace%7B12pt%7D%0AImage+scaled+to+50%5C%25%3A%0A%0A%5Cvspace%7B3pt%7D%0A%5Cincludegraphics%5Bscale%3D0.5%5D%7Bexample-image.pdf%7D%0A%0A%5Cvspace%7B12pt%7D%0AImage+scaled+to+25%5C%25%3A%0A%0A%5Cvspace%7B3pt%7D%0A%5Cincludegraphics%5Bscale%3D0.25%5D%7Bexample-image.pdf%7D%0A%5Cend%7Bdocument%7D)

This example produces the following output:

![How to change the size of an image ion LaTeX](/files/adGoM6TvInUth4YPbNdd)

There's also an example of this in our default paper template—try it out by [creating a new paper](https://www.overleaf.com/docs?template=paper) to see how the image `frog.jpg` is scaled to a fraction of the text width by writing this:

```latex
\includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth]{frog.jpg}
```


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