[Sean Dunn]

Ah okay, sorry I misread as needing help with the initial effects.
For the weird dots, did you double check for the continuous rasterize button? Possibly use a illustrator vector file instead of a photoshop one?

[Sean Dunn]

Here’s a pretty decent tutorial on how to do what you described using CC Cylinder instead of the bulge.

https://vimeo.com/5943840