# Solarization / Sabattier effect

Source: https://promptswatch.com/styles/solarization-sabattier-effect/
Project: Photography
Project page: https://promptswatch.com/categories/photos-portraits/
Medium: Photography

Photographic tone reversal with glowing edge halos, mixed positive-negative values, and a surreal darkroom look.

## Prompt seed

Solarization / Sabattier effect treatment with partial tonal reversal, luminous edge outlines, and mixed positive-negative values.

## Using this seed

A reusable starting point; add your subject or details in your image tool. The example may have used extra directions and results will vary.

Mode: Make
An original generated example of this visual direction.

Limitation: Automated image review only; results vary by image tool.

## Example

![A surreal solarized portrait with reversed tones and bright edge halos.](https://promptswatch.com/images/solarization-sabattier-effect-072cc00d.webp)

Created with: OpenAI Image API
Model: gpt-image-2.5-flare
Image generated: 2026-10-15
Original OpenAI API image selected from research plan solarization-sabattier-effect. Automated independent style review and visual review: Matches solarization/Sabattier style with strong partial tonal reversal, luminous edge outlines, and mixed positive-negative values; coherent square portrait of a street musician with trumpet; no visible text, watermark, or obvious defects, and it is not a near-copy of the comparison samples. Exact and conservative perceptual duplicate checks passed against existing samples and this batch. Exported to 1200px and 640px WebP; source 1024px enlarged for full display. No human visual review.