diff --git a/src/components/AnimateChildren.tsx b/src/components/AnimateChildren.tsx
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--- a/src/components/AnimateChildren.tsx
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-'use client';
-
-import { Children, ReactNode, useRef } from 'react';
-import { Variant, motion } from 'framer-motion';
-import { useAppState } from '@/state/AppState';
-import usePrefersReducedMotion from '@/utility/usePrefersReducedMotion';
-
-export type AnimationType = 'none' | 'scale' | 'left' | 'right' | 'bottom';
-
-export interface AnimationConfig {
-  type?: AnimationType
-  duration?: number
-  staggerDelay?: number
-  scaleOffset?: number
-  distanceOffset?: number
-}
-
-interface Props extends AnimationConfig {
-  children: ReactNode
-  className?: string
-  classNameItem?: string
-  animateFromAppState?: boolean
-  animateOnFirstLoadOnly?: boolean
-  staggerOnFirstLoadOnly?: boolean
-}
-
-export default function AnimateChildren({
-  children,
-  className,
-  classNameItem,
-  type = 'scale',
-  duration = 0.6,
-  staggerDelay = 0.1,
-  scaleOffset = 0.9,
-  distanceOffset = 20,
-  animateFromAppState,
-  animateOnFirstLoadOnly,
-  staggerOnFirstLoadOnly,
-}: Props) {
-  const {
-    hasLoaded,
-    nextPhotoAnimation,
-    clearNextPhotoAnimation,
-  } = useAppState();
-
-  const prefersReducedMotion = usePrefersReducedMotion();
-  
-  const hasLoadedInitial = useRef(hasLoaded);
-  const nextPhotoAnimationInitial = useRef(nextPhotoAnimation);
-
-  const shouldAnimate = type !== 'none' &&
-    !prefersReducedMotion &&
-    !(animateOnFirstLoadOnly && hasLoadedInitial.current);
-  const shouldStagger =
-    !(staggerOnFirstLoadOnly && hasLoadedInitial.current);
-
-  const typeResolved = animateFromAppState
-    ? (nextPhotoAnimationInitial.current?.type ?? type)
-    : type;
-
-  const durationResolved = animateFromAppState
-    ? (nextPhotoAnimationInitial.current?.duration ?? duration)
-    : duration;
-
-  const getInitialVariant = (): Variant => {
-    switch (typeResolved) {
-    case 'left': return {
-      opacity: 0,
-      transform: `translateX(${distanceOffset}px)`,
-    };
-    case 'right': return {
-      opacity: 0,
-      transform: `translateX(${-distanceOffset}px)`,
-    };
-    case 'bottom': return {
-      opacity: 0,
-      transform: `translateY(${distanceOffset}px)`,
-    };
-    default: return {
-      opacity: 0,
-      transform: `translateY(${distanceOffset}px) scale(${scaleOffset})`,
-    };
-    }
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <motion.div
-      className={className}
-      initial={shouldAnimate ? 'hidden' : false}
-      animate="show"
-      variants={shouldStagger
-        ? {
-          show: {
-            transition: {
-              staggerChildren: staggerDelay,
-            },
-          },
-        } : undefined}
-      onAnimationComplete={() => {
-        if (animateFromAppState) {
-          clearNextPhotoAnimation?.();
-        }
-      }}
-    >
-      {Children.toArray(children).map((item, index) =>
-        <motion.div
-          key={index}
-          className={classNameItem}
-          variants={{
-            hidden: getInitialVariant(),
-            show: {
-              opacity: 1,
-              transform: 'translateX(0) translateY(0) scale(1)',
-            },
-          }}
-          transition={{
-            duration: durationResolved,
-            easing: 'easeOut',
-          }}
-        >
-          {item}
-        </motion.div>)}
-    </motion.div>
-  );
-};