Ghosting (blurring) problem with after effects

[markwm]

I have some footage, proress 444, 2500x2500. 

I import into after affects and see the highlights are glowing, this carries through the export.

I tried various export settings but the same issue. In final cut, the result is much better. In the attached image, see the glowing on the highlight 

[Vishu_Aggarwal]

Try unchecking the Enable hardware-accelerated decoding (requires restart) in the preference as follows -

After Effects > Preferences > Import >  Under Footage > Uncheck Enable hardware-accelerated decoding (requires restart)

[markwm]

Thanks but unfortunately does not make a different. 

Footage with final cut is showing none of this glowing but a lot of glowing in AE.

[Jose Panadero]

It looks like you are not working in 16bpc to maintain the color depth of your original footage. Coudl you share with us a screen capture of your Project Panel?

[markwm]

It's in 16bit 😕