How to insert custom text in place of figure

Question

I would like to replace some figures in a document with a black frame of the same size as the figure, such as that which you get when using \includegraphics in draft mode. However, this places the name of the figure file inside the framed box. Is there a way to replace this text with centered text stating
Figure removed due to copyright restrictions?

Answer 1

A suggestion can be the combination of collectbox, adjustbox and tikz.

I tried to avoid TikZ but I wasn't able to create the red rectangle with adjustbox.

The code provides two things:

1. A switch do print the image or the copyright information. You can choose by \copyrightimagefalse or \copyrightimagetrue.
2. Instead of using includegraphics you must use \copyrightimage to work with the previous switch.

The Code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mwe}% or load ’graphicx’ and ’blindtext’ manually
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\usepackage{collectbox}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newif\ifcopyrightimage
\copyrightimagefalse
\newcommand*\copyrightimage[2][]{%
\collectbox{%
  \ifcopyrightimage
  \tikz[outer sep=0pt]\node[fill=red!20,minimum height=\totalheight,minimum width=\width]{%
       \smash{\parbox{\width}{\centering\large\bfseries Figure removed due to copyright restrictions}}
   };%
  \else
     \BOXCONTENT
\fi%
  }{\adjincludegraphics[#1]{#2}}%
}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[!ht]
\centering
\copyrightimage[width=0.48\linewidth]{example-image-a}
\caption{set \texttt{\string\copyrightimagefalse}}
\end{figure}
\blindtext

\begin{figure}[!ht]
\centering\copyrightimagetrue
\copyrightimage[width=0.48\linewidth]{example-image-a}
\caption{set \texttt{\string\copyrightimagetrue}}
\end{figure}
\blindtext
\end{document}