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pixelband says good thing. I always use Photoshop to create exactly what a website is going to look like before I even think about setting it up. Some things end up changing, but if you know exactly what you want to do before you start, it helps you to decide what you need to code. It also helps you narrow down your search criteria if you are just learning and need to figure out how to do it.
I learnt webdesign mostly myself. I learnt the very most basics in a webdesign class in highschool, but after a couple weeks of experimenting on my own I already knew a ton more than the rest of the class did. If you learn the code, you don't need to spend money on programs like Dreamweaver. Not at first, anyway. I hand code all of my web pages in Notepad. This can be a lot more powerful than you'd think, and lets you take 100% control over what you're doing. Numbers and letters don't lie.
Even if you use a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor like DreamWeaver, I think it's still a good idea to know the hard core coding to be able to make more precise changes. I've never used a web design program other than Adobe GoLive, which I hate, so I don't really know exactly how they work or how much coding you need to know to be able to use them.
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