Applying editing to photo

I'm using my iMac version 10.4.10 with 512 MB SDRAM. I have Photoshop Elements 4.0.1. After much difficulty, I finally figured out how to open my iphoto pics in photoshop. I have recently installed Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0.1 onto my iMac. I want to be able to go further with my photo editing than iphoto can take me. My problem is that I can not seem to get any of the editing to apply to a picture. I have been trying to apply the anti-alias to pictures to eliminate the harsh picture edges. I'm wanting to print these pics on quilt squares and don't want a box within a box. Using standard editing I have been able to select the area around the center picture for anti-aliasing. That shows up as a marque. But I can not then get anti-aliasing to apply so I can see how that affects my pics. If anyone here can help me figure this out on a Mac I would really appreciate it. I have tried looking in the help section of photoshop itself but though it tells me what tools to use to do this, it does not tell me how to get it to apply to the pic.
If anyone uses a Mac and can help me figure this out I would really appreciate it. I am under the gun to get my project done and am at a stand still as I can't seem to figure this out.
Thanks in advance from anyone who can help!
Kaye

Thanks Barbara,
I do see the "marching ants" (great description BTW, I love it:) around the people in the photo. The people are what I want to keep. When I then activate the layer 1 (the white layer) it superimposes over the background copy (still with the "ants" showing). I then go to select>inverse ("ants" appear around the entire picture) > delete as Ken said. That is when the people part of the picture disappears and the picture background is all I see. Select>inverse again does not appear to do anything, then select>feather, which does nothing either. I am pretty confused and frustrated as I am sure you can understand. I have printed all the pages on layering from "Help". Guess I'l try combining whatever help it might give me with your and Ken's help, and see if I have more luck.
Thanks for spending time on this!
Kaye

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