illustrator 2020 round corners on placed image

[cole-p]

i have tried to round the corners via the effect -> stylize tab on a small image, even though the effect is showing in the properties panel it is not taking effect on the actual image. is this a known problem? im using hp windows 10 laptop

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

The Round Corners Effect does not work on images.

You could try this:

Select the image.

Click Mask

Use the Direct Selection tool to round the corners of the mask using the widgets.