This tutorial will teach you how to make the spotlights like they use on stages.
Open a new document 400x500 pixels.
Name it Light or something and make the Background White.
Now take your Polygonal Lasso Tool and make a selection like below :
Now make a new layer [Ctrl+Shift+N] and fill the selection with white.[Edit > Fill]
Now put the layer opacity on 20%.Now you should have something like below :
Use the layer settings : [Double click on the Layer Or Layer>Layer Style>Blending Options]
Now take out your Elliptical Marquee Tool.
Make a selection like this :
Now make a new layer [Ctrl+Shift+N] and fill the selection with white
Use the layer settings : [Double click on the Layer Or Layer>Layer Style>Blending Options]
Now add a Gaussian Blur [Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur]
Pixel : 4,0
And there you go. Add a colour..background..what ever looks good.
Hope it helped.
