Full-frame graphics on a LaTeX beamer presentation

2018-06-02: This content has been superseded by this newer post: Finally the definitive full-frame graphic commands for beamer in LaTeX. Look there for an updated version.

This snippet defines the custom command \fullframegraphic. Paste it into the document preamble (header) of your presentation:

\newcommand{\fullframegraphic}[1]{
\begin{frame}[plain]
\includegraphics[height=\textheight,width=\textwidth,keepaspectratio]{#1}
\end{frame}
}

Then, you can create a full-frame graphic slide anywhere (outside a frame) using

\fullframegraphic{image}

Further reading

• Image on full slide in beamer package
• TikZ picture on the entire frame in beamer without using overlays