i use everything from dreamweaver, photoshop, illustrator, corel draw, flash, 3dstudio max, swift 3d... but that's me
there's not a 'best tool' to manage html, just get one that makes u feel comfortable, try ace expert, it's good for newbies, golive rocks too... and for graphics, stick to photoshop and nothing else, go take a look at
http://good-tutorials.com/, hope this points u in the right direction.