Stage light flare

[djdustman87]

Hey there. My goal is to get my stage lights (basically cylinders) to have the flare like the picture on the right has:

http://djdpresentations.com/pix/flarecomparison.png

What would be the easiest way to accomplish that? Thanks for any help!

[SPARTAN-001]

Compositing nodes can do exactly what you're looking for. However, Photoshop or After Effects are my personal preference for lens flares, as I feel as though Blender doesn't give enough control over the effect for my tastes.