Differences Between Marquee Tools

   The Rectangular Marquee Tool, one of Photoshop's basic selection tools that, along with the Elliptical Marquee Tool, is designed for making selections based on simple geometric shapes. As the name implies, the Rectangular Marquee Tool is perfect for times when you need to draw or crop a selection in the shape of a rectangle or a square.

   The Elliptical Marquee Tool, is nearly identical to the Rectangular Marquee Tool and works much the same way. In fact, the only real difference is that the Elliptical Marquee Tool allows us to draw or crop oval or circular selections. Working with The Rectangular Marquee Tool makes it easy to work with The Elliptical Marquee Tool but only with extremely rounded corners.

   I would prefer to work the Rectangular Marquee Tool since it's easier than the Elliptical Marquee Tool because all you need to focus on is to place/crop the section you want into a basic rectangle or square instead of worrying over whether the oval was too fat or too skinny.