How to create a simple glass ball and then animate the scene to give the impression of a rolling movement. Using cycles render and the node editor.
Blender is one of the best free software/freeware 3D computer graphics software packages available for Windows, Linux & Apple.
Blender is a professional, free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications and video games. Blender's features include 3D modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, raster graphics editing, rigging and skinning, fluid and smoke simulation, particle simulation, soft body simulation, sculpting, animating, match moving, camera tracking, rendering, motion graphics, video editing and compositing. It also features an integrated game engine.