Using Muse for professional designing?

hi everyone
i'm new to the web design world, and i've came across Muse just this week while browsing for web design apps.
Seems like its a good place to start.
My question is, would it be really 'ok' if someone made website professionally with the help of Muse? I dont really know how to explain this, so i'll try my best.
Lets say the website looks great, functions as needed etc etc, so aesthetically and functionality are as client wants.
But if the client comes to know that it was not done by coding, but rather by using an aiding program, wouldnt that make you look less professional?
I think its a bit like driving a manual transmission car vs an auto. When its manual it automatically gives you the impression that the driver must be better
(which is not the case, since i myself drive both but prefer auto for pure commodity) but maybe the comparison helps you understand better what i mean.
thnks

It all depends on what the client needs, and the budget. A lot of small businesses don't need much more than a "brochure-ware" style web site. Muse is fine for that. There's lots of widgets and templates online to take care of many visual tricks or other important tasks.
Sites that have to do more complex things, like have php scripts auto-generate pages from a database and perhaps even tie that into an online store, will have to be developed with a lot of code writing.
I'm a graphic designer, not a computer programmer. But I'm trying to learn more and more about coding with HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, etc. just to improve my own skill sets. Lots of "graphic designer" job listings all call for competence in writing code. If a person is going to be self-employed as a web designer, he'll have to master coding at some point pretty quickly.

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hey.
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other fansites..
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