No Refreshed Interface Design in After Effects CC 2014

Sort of an odd question, but how do you change the interface design in After Effects CC 2014 to be the new "Refreshed Interface Design"? Like with the blue text color, borders, and different look panels (as seen in the first image linked). I updated to Adobe After Effects CC 2014 yesterday, and for some reason, my interface design has not changed at all. Is there somewhere in preferences where I can change this? I would appreciate any help, thanks.
What it is supposed to look like:
http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/whats-new/_jcr_content/main-pars/image_1.img.pn g/ae-interface.png
What my After Effects looks like:
http://puu.sh/dfYbm/aa366e60fd.png

Your second image shows After Effects CC 2014 (13.0). The new UI comes with After Effects CC 2014 (13.1).
I'm curious about how, exactly, you installed the software, since you should have gotten After Effects CC 2014 (13.1.1) if you installed from the Creative Cloud service.

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Tim,
Thank you for the replies.
Is this to say that to simply play a quicktime video file (no effects or adjustments made) in After Effects the expected behaviour is that it must be RAM previewed?
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