Is there a photoshop plugin or something that would register 0 pressure coming from my pen once I pass a certain threshold? Whenever I get in the zone I don't notice how hard I'm pressing my pen against the screen and it results in a lot of hand strain. I keep thinking a plugin like that would go a long way toward helping me retrain myself.
I've had the same experience. I set up my tablet to be extra sensitive so that I don't have to press as hard to max it out a brush. I would love to try such a tool. I don't know if you can intercept and change pen input like that.
Go to your wacom properties and increase the softness. Basically will require less pressure to get higher opacity strokes, which means you won't need to ever use a lot of pressure to begin with,
Unless you work w/ no pressure sensitivity