This book is the most comprehensive guide to making illustrations in LATEX documents, and has been completely revised and expanded to cover the latest developments in LATEX graphics. The authors describe the most widely used packages and provide hundreds of solutions to the problems most commonly encountered LATEX illustration. This book will show you how to Insert graphics files into a LATEX documentProgram technical diagrams using several languages, including METAPOST, PSTricks, and XY color-LATEX picUse in your project, including graphic presentationsCreate special purposes, such as high scores and game graphics diagramsProduce qualitymusic complex for various scientific and engineering discipline New in this edition: Updated and expanded coverage of PSTricks and METAPOST languagesDetailed explanation major new package for graphics and 3-D figuresComprehensive description of xcolor packageMaking classThe beamer presentation with the latest version of gaming and scientific packages There are more than 1100 fully tested examples that illustrate the text and solve graphical problems and tasks - all ready to run! All packages and examples featured in this book are freely downloadable from the Comprehensive TEX Archive Network (CTAN). The LATEX Graphics Companion, Second Edition, more than ever an indispensable reference for anyone who wants to incorporate graphics into LATEX.