Your website will take toll in many ways if your designer does not understand Client Side and Server Side scripting, browser compatibility issues, and web design approach. It has to be perfect mix of various factors. Too much simplicity in looks and too technical design can spoil the mix.

I am a proficient user of softwares used in web designing.

Adobe Photoshop:
I was introduced to this software way back in 1998 during my multimedia course from my institute. Till date I feel this is one of the best graphic editing software anyone has ever made. It is described as "an industry standard for graphics professionals"

I am very comfortable using this software.

Adobe Illustrator:
Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor. Over years Adobe Illustrator has become the standard application when it comes to illustration design. Artists, illustrators and graphic designers use Illustrator to create vector-based graphics. To master Adobe Illustrator isn’t easy; and the creating process of professional illustrations requires both time and patience.

I have both and I am very comfortable using this software.

Adobe Fireworks:
Is the industry leader for prototyping and rapid web-site building. Fireworks uses the native PNG format to keep layered file sizes down. It has multi-page rapid prototyping abilities. It is the tool of choice for information architects and web designers that build large corporate websites.

I am very comfortable using this software.

Adobe Flash:
Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page Flash components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications. Needless to say Flash is every designers dream come true.

I am very comfortable using this software.

Adobe Dreamweaver:
Dreamweaver is most popular WYSIWYG and code-based web design and development application. Adobe Dreamweaver is a web software application that provides total support for website creation and management. This advanced program meets the needs of many skills levels.

I am very comfortable using this software.

HTML:
I am W3C certified HTML developer and very comfortable writing and editing the HTML code. I have deep understanding of HTML browser issues and have great ability to solve them.

Microsoft Powerpoint:
I have used Microsoft Powerpoint to create many corporate presentations which used sound, videos and animations. It is one of the most powerful and quick software to make impressive presentations.

I am very comfortable designing presentation using this software.