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  You have implemented the View Transitions API in a Next.js or React application. The navigation works, but the visual morphing feels "off." Images stretch unpleasantly during the transition (aspect-ratio distortion), or the animation snaps abruptly because multiple elements in a list mistakenly claimed the same   view-transition-name . These artifacts destroy the illusion of continuity. This post details the root cause of these rendering glitches and provides a rigorous solution using React Context for state scoping and advanced CSS pseudo-element manipulation. The Root Cause: Rasterization and Namespace Collisions There are two distinct technical failures occurring when view transitions glitch: The Rasterization Trap (Aspect Ratio Mismatch):  When the browser captures a snapshot of an element (e.g., a thumbnail  1:1 ) to morph it into a new element (e.g., a hero image  16:9 ), it creates a  ::view-transition-group . By default, the browser simply scales ...