The icon on the Toolbox displays the last selected tool. The Rectangular marquee and Elliptical marquee tools are hidden in the Toolbox under one and the same icon.
You can also select a fragment of the image in Adobe Photoshop Elements with the following selection tools: Rectangular marquee, Elliptical marquee, Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, Magnetic Lasso, Magic Wand. To add the new selection to the old one, you should keep the Alt-key pressed when making the new selection. If there already is a selection, the painted fragments will be subtracted from the selection. If the Mask mode is activated, you should paint over the parts of the image that should be excluded (these parts will be covered with semitransparent red). To subtract the new selection from the old one, you should keep the Alt-key pressed when making a new selection. If there already is a selection, the new selection will be added to the previous one. If the Selection mode is activated, you should paint over the parts of the image that should fall into the selection contour.
If the Mask mode is activated, you can set the values for the Overlay Color and Overlay Opacity parameters in case when the default values do not work.
Select the Selection Brush tool from the Toolbar. To make a selection with the Selection Brush Tool you should:
The easiest way to make a free hand selection in Adobe Photoshop Elements is to use the Selection Brush. Adobe Photoshop & Photoshop Elements Tips Adobe Photoshop Elements: selection tools