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15. Go to Blur>Gaussian blur and set it to about 40.
16. Reduce the layer transparency.
The result looked as follows:
17. Here's the same with blue color. To make the surface glossy I also used Filters>Render>Lens Flare:
You can add as a surface some texture instead. I used the texture of glass tiles.
18. Open the image with the texture. Ctrl click it and move the selection to the document with the ball. Put the layer with the selection underneaf the reflection layer.
19. We should adjust the texture to our needs. I had to rotate mine 90 degrees counterclockwise to keep the lighter area on the left (the light falls on the ball from the left) and usde free transform to add perspective. This operation also changed the form of the tiles but that was OK.
20. For the reflection layer I changed blending mode to Multiply and increased the layer opacity level.
21. I also used Burn tool with 20% exposure value and very soft large brush on the right side of the ball where the shadow is falling the the tiles are much darker.
Here's the result again:
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