Reduce padding after figure

Question

I want to reduce the padding between figures and text. I know I can achieve this using \setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{-7pt} but this will reduce the padding of all figures. How can I accomplish this only for certain figures?

Answer 1

You can insert a negative \vspace at the end of the image insertion - this will result in moving the caption up by the given amount, visually "reducing" the image size.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphicx,lipsum}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[t]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[height=10\baselineskip]{example-image-a}
  \caption{This is a figure caption.}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[1-7]

\begin{figure}[t]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[height=10\baselineskip]{example-image-b}
  \vspace{-5\baselineskip}% Reduce image height
  \caption{This is a figure caption.}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

The same can be achieved with adjustbox using its vspace = <above> <below> option.

\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
% ...
\includegraphics[vspace=0pt -5\baselineskip,height=10\baselineskip]{example-image-b}

This can be done an a figure-by-figure basis.