1. A method for acquiring a two-dimensional image file of a three-dimensional object including the steps of: (a) providing a camera for obtaining images of the object; (b) rotating the object; (c) obtaining a plurality of image stripes of the object by the camera as the object rotates, the image stripes comprising a plurality of pixel columns; (d) calculating the width of the object by determining the location of a left edge and a right edge of the object by analyzing pixels in a horizontal row of pixels across the image, the left edge being located by designating a first pixel known to be to the left of the object as a subject pixel, and designating a plurality of pixels positioned to the left of the subject pixel as reference pixels, comparing at least one pixel property of the subject pixel with the pixel property of the reference pixels, determining that the left edge of the image is not located at the subject pixel when the subject pixel and the reference pixel have the same pixel property, determining that the left edge of the image does begin at the subject pixel when the subject pixel and the reference pixels do not have the same pixel property, and when the subject pixel is determined as not being the left edge of the image, a second pixel to the right of the first pixel is then designated as the subject pixel, and the process of comparing the pixel property between the reference pixels and the subject pixel is repeated, wherein the process of comparing the pixel property and the subsequent redesignation of the subject pixel is repeated until the left edge of the image is located, the right edge being located by designating a first pixel known to be to the right of the object as a subject pixel, and designating a plurality of pixels positioned to the right of the subject pixel as reference pixels, comparing at least one pixel property of the subject pixel with the pixel property of the reference pixels, determining that the right edge of the image is not located at the subject pixel when the subject pixel and the reference pixel have the same pixel property, determining that the right edge of the image does begin at the subject pixel when the subject pixel and the reference pixels do not have the same pixel property, and when the subject pixel is determined as not being the right edge of the image, a second pixel to the left of the first pixel is then designated as the subject pixel, and the process of comparing the pixel property between the reference pixels and the subject pixel is repeated, wherein the process of comparing the pixel property and the subsequent redesignation of the subject pixel is repeated until the right edge of the image is located; (e) arranging the image stripes in an array; (f) applying a digital fingerprint to the pixel columns, the digital fingerprint including at least one of the following items of information: (i) the quantity of black pixels in the respective pixel column; (ii) the quantity of white pixels in the respective pixel column; or (iii) the quantity of pixels that are neither black nor white in the respective pixel column; (g) comparing the digital fingerprints of the pixel columns in adjacent image stripes to identify redundant pixel columns; and (h) compiling the images stripes, without the redundant pixel columns, into the two-dimensional image file.