Although Photoshop Elements 12 enables you to crop your images as rectangular shapes, the Toolbox -- accessible in Expert mode -- features the Elliptical Marquee tool to help you select a round area.

Photoshop has a number of tools designed to allow you to select objects, including the Polygonal Lasso, Magic Wand and Rectangular Marquee tools. Each of these tools is easily accessible via the main ...

Isolating objects in Photoshop can be a painstaking process. If you want to select simple objects, the marquee or lasso tools will get the job done quickly. But if you're working on a complex subject, ...