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As far as creating websites go, extensive graphics from Photoshop are not required. If you are new to web developing, and are looking for ideas, simply browse through as many websites as possible to get ideas. However, relatively simple yet elegant websites can be made without much sophisticated Photoshop graphics. A prime example of this would be the
CSS Playground. Their homepage only has three images on it. Using XHTML and CSS coding, one can create advanced-looking graphics without using images.
If you would like to learn more about the techniques used to create XHTML and CSS graphics, browse around their website. They have many creative ways to create professional pages like
these examples using
CSS only examples .