1. A system for capturing and storing elements of a negotiable instrument for use in image recreation, the system comprising: an image capture device; a database; a processing device in communication with the capture device and the database, wherein the processing device is used to: receive an image of the negotiable instrument, wherein the image of the negotiable instrument comprises one or more elements that are used for processing the negotiable instrument and non-element portions that are not used in processing the negotiable instrument; capture, using the image capture device, images for each of the one or more elements of the negotiable instrument, wherein the images comprise at least a payor signature image, an amount image, and a payor information image; alter the resolution of at least the payor signature image and the amount image to a first resolution; alter the resolution of at least the payor information image to a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is lower than the first resolution; alter the resolution of the non-element portions of the image of the negotiable instrument to a third resolution, wherein the third resolution is lower than the second resolution; store the images of the one or more elements of the negotiable instrument in the database; store, as white space, the non-element portions of the image of the negotiable instrument in the database; receive a request from a user to retrieve information associated with the negotiable instrument, wherein the information comprises a user selection of one or more specific elements associated with the negotiable instrument; retrieve from the database, the one or more specific elements selected by the user based on at least the received request; and generate a partial image of the negotiable instrument based on at least the one or more retrieved specific elements selected by the user.