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OCR: 4 3 4 SECTION CHAPTER 8 How does resolution relate to the physical size of an image? bitmap graphic is simply collection of data Unlike printed photograph, bitmap has no fixed I physical I size. The size at t which bitmap displayed or printed depends on the density as well as the resolution (dimensions of the image grid. Imagine that each bitmap image and its come on a surface that you can stretch or shrink. As you stretch the surface, the grid maintains the same number of horizontal and vertical cells but each cell becomes larger and the grid becomes less dense As you shrink the surface the grid becomes smaller and more dense The graphic retains the same resolution no matter how much you stretch or shrink the graphic's physical size as shown Figure FIGURE 8-17 When bitmap graphic is Reduc ...