Reusing Compound Clips from a Project

I'm working on an opening sequence that will be used in several projects.  I know that I can create a Compound Clip in the events library and put my clips there, but I can't use FCPX's transitions in it.  Is there a way that I can duplicate a compound clip from one project into another?  Besides copy and paste, that is, in a fashion that when I update the original it also updates the projects that reference it.

I know that I can create a Compound Clip in the events library and put my clips there, but I can't use FCPX's transitions in it.
Not sure why you think this but you definitely can create transitions inside compound clips that are in Events. They should act much like any other Compound Clips (though there are a few differences, one is no Auditions).
If you are thinking that you can't use a transition on a compound clip, then you need to remember that you first have to provide enough media for the transition -- either let FCPX do it by using "full overlap" in the preferences, or trim back the compound clip once placed in the timeline if using "available media."
Is there a way that I can duplicate a compound clip from one project into another?  Besides copy and paste, that is,
That is the only way to do it -- copypaste.
in a fashion that when I update the original it also updates the projects that reference it.
Currently there doesn't exist any entity in FCPX that behaves like this. Each time you place something in a project, it becomes a separate "instance" and is no longer connected to the original clip/compound clip you copied it from, whether from an Event or another Project. It would be nice to have that option (e.g., a checkbox that makes a compound clip in an Event "Dynamically Update" copies wherever it exists in projects), but that would be a new feature. Use Feedback to request it!

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