Need help with Elements 10 & Smartbrush Tool

I'm new to PSE 10 and have a lot to learn. I'm using it to enhance my photos of properties when I list and sell them. I was doing fine with the Smartbrush tool and Quick Selection Tool after watching a few videos on the Internet, but now I'm experiencing an issue with these tools that is most likely a very quick adjustment. When I choose either tool, instead of allowing me to choose an area of my photo, the selected area ends up the entire photo and after I clean that up, if I go anywhere even near to the edges of the photo, another selected area appears as a rectangular shape. It's like I've lost contol of the tools and I'm not sure of what I've changed to make this happen. Thanks for any help you can offer.

On the option bar for each of the tools, there is a little arrow, top left. Click on that and reset the tool.That may fix it..
If not, please report back.

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